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Greg Rusedski #17 def. Patrick Rafter #2

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 1998*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Patrick Rafter
Aces	8	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	56	72
First serve points won %	91	68
Second serve points won %	50	53
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	73	64
Return points won %	36	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Patrick Rafter
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Dec 28, 1972
Age	25	25
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,724	3,575
Elo (entering)	1,879	2,085
Career W-L	415–276	332–177
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 1 – 5 Patrick Rafter

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1998	R16	Thomas Muster	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1998	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 3-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1998	SF	Karol Kucera	6-7(6) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1998	R16	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1998	R32	Byron Black	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data